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מֶסָּה‏ n.f. measure, as much as, enough for

measure, as much as OfA^Eg-informal, OfA^Eg, Syr, LJLA. PJ Lev27:8 : ואין מסכן הוא ממיסת עילוייה‏ if he is poorer than the amount of his evaluation. כמסת‏ : as many as : see s.v. kmst OfA^Per, LJLA. מסת‏ X a time expression ב‏X : full amount time after time LJLA. TgIIChron 8:13 : ובמסת יומא ביומיה‏ with each day's full amount. TgIIChron 24:5 : וכנושו מן כל ישראל כספא לתקפא ית בית מקדשא דייי אלהכון מסת שנא בשנא‏ yearly collect whatever silver is needed from all of Israel to strengthen the Lord your God's Temple.

portion Syr, LJLA. TgJob36:18 : דלמא יטענך במסת מזלא‏ lest he lead you astray by the astrological portion [MT: פֶּן־יְסִיתְךָ בְסָפֶק : i.e., by a dubious fortune]. enough for JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA. TgO Ex36:7 : וְעִיבִידְתָא הְוָת מִיסָת לְכֹל עְבִידְתָא לְמַעְבַד יָתַה וִיתַרַת‏ the work was enough to do the entire project and more. TgJob6:7 : והות מסתייא לסעודתי‏ it was enough for my meal [MT הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי, i.e. understanding the BH as if from כְּדֵי]. TgIChron 21:27 : ואמר ייי למלאכא מחבלא מסתייך ואתיב סייפיה ללדנה‏ the Lord said to the destroyer angel: That's enough! So he returned his sword to its sheath.

it is enough; enough! JLAtg, Gal, LJLA. TgJ Is66:24 : מִיסָת חְזֵינָא‏ we have seen enough!. TgJ Mal3:10 : עַד דְתֵימְרוּן מִיסַת‏ until they say: enough!. TgEsth¹03:7 : ומיסת הוי לעקתא ההיא‏ that is enough for that trouble!. לא מסת‏: it is not enough for... JBA, LJLA. TgTosPr Hos.2:1 : ולא מסתיה דלא בעי רחמין קדמי‏ it was not sufficient for him just to pray to Me †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 306b; DJBA: 671b; Jastrow: 812; Levy Ch-W: 2:55; Tal Sam: 478b; Cook,Qumran: 145;

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Derivatives:

kmst adv. equivalently, adequately

kmst prep. equivalent to